We believe that in order to make work that is intense, vital and relevant, you need more than one type of person.

Of course, much of what we do is built around creating thrilling musical performances, but musicians and composers never work alone. Collaboration is in our DNA.

Manchester Collective are musicians, but also producers, dancers and film-makers. We are recording engineers. We are copy-writers and fundraisers, directors, commissioners and choreographers. We are composers. (So many composers). We are electronic musicians, programmers, photographers and researchers.

The work that we do, we do together. It’s our greatest strength, and the future of our sector.

Core team

Freelance and external staff

Maddie Castell Head of Press (RDMR)
Alex Mayer Fundraising Consultant
Tom Spurgin Researcher*

*In partnership with Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre and University of York

Board

David McKeith (Chair) Non-Executive Director and acting-Chair, Norcos PLC; chartered accountant; former Chair, Hallé Orchestra
Nick Bush Management Consultant
Ainsleigh Hennig Strategy Manager, Ambition Institute
Jo Holden Head of Sustainability, Grosvenor Rural Estates
Peggy Nolan Freelance cellist, educator and researcher
Richard Sheldon KC Barrister, South Square, Gray's Inn; deputy High Court Judge (retired)
Nick Trygstad Head of Strings, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

 
 

This season, Manchester Collective is:

Cello Alex Holladay, Ben Michaels, Peggy Nolan, Jess Schafer

Composer CHAINES, Samantha Fernando, Cassie Kinoshi, Jasmine Morris

Dance Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry (Thick & Tight)

Design Tim Kliendienst (Alphabet Studio)

Double Bass David Bowden, Alice Durrant

Drums Stephen Henderson

Film Bryony Simcox & George Webster (Broaden), Mike Skelton

Flute Daniel Shao

Guitar Mathis Saunier, Sean Shibe

Live electronics CHAINES

Photography Mike Skelton

Piano Fergus McCreadie

Sound Joe Reiser

Viola Gemma Dunne, Ruth Gibson, Alex Mitchell, Lucy Nolan, Simone van der Giessen

Violin Haim Choi, Donald Grant, Jonathan Martindale, Jon Morton, Bridget O'Donnell, Rakhi Singh, Anna Tulchinskaya, Sara Wolstenholme

Voice The Marian Consort

Words Christ Bryan

 
 

  • Accordion Charles Kieny

    Artistic Direction Simon Buckley, Emma Doherty, Adam Szabo, Suzy Willson

    Artwork Chris Alton, Sophie Broadgate, Simon Buckley, Helenskià Collett, Mary Griffiths, Alma Haser, Courtney Hayles, Molly Major, Ella Skinner, CURRENTMOODGIRL

    Bassoon Elena Comelli, Angharad Thomas

    Celeste Katherine Tinker

    Cello Jack Bailey, Marie Bitlloch, Nathaniel Boyd, Oliver Coates, James Conway, Maddie Cutter, Christian Elliott, Reinoud Ford, Abby Hayward, Will Hewer, Lili Holland-Fricke, Guy Johnston, Rebecca Knight, Waynne Kwon, Bartholomew LaFollette, Sarah MacMahon, Zoë Martlew, James Morley, Steff Morris, Des Neysmith, Peggy Nolan, Sinéad O’Halloran, Brian O'Kane, Jonathan Pether, Alice Purton, Hannah Roberts, Abel Selaocoe, Clara Hope Simpson, Torun Stavseng, Adam Szabo, Stephanie Tress, Nick Trygstad, Simon Turner, Polly Virr, Joe Zeitlin

    Choreography Melanie Lane

    Clarinet Emma Burgess, Sergio Castelló López, Anna Hashimoto, Fraser Langton, William White

    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Adam Szabo

    Composer Katherine Balch, Huw Belling, Paul Clark, Erland Cooper, Daniel Elms, Edmund Finnis, Sebastian Gainsborough (Vessel), Alex Groves, Emily Hall, Nabihah Iqbal, Oliver Leith, Fergus McCreadie, Kelly Moran, Moor Mother, Ben Nobuto, Laurence Osborn, Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Abel Selaocoe, Rakhi Singh, Alistair Vennart, Freya Waley-Cohen, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Chris Watson, Héloïse Werner, Alice Zawadzki

    Conductor Timothy Burke, Nicholas Chalmers, Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Duncan Ward

    Costume Design Don Arentino

    Design Helenskià Collett, Sara Merkaj, Alphabet Studio, Nia Thomas

    Development Lauren Noel

    Double Bass Sam Becker, David Bowden, Diane Clark, Billy Cole, Alice Durrant, Harvey Falla, Ben Griffiths, Stephen Henderson, Toby Hughes, Hugh Klüger, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Marianne Schofield

    Film Adam Blyth, Carlos Casas, Dan Parrott, Jessie Rodger, Bryony Simcox and George Webster (Broaden), Mike Skelton, Lisa Thomson, Michelle Tofi, Clint Trofa

    Flute Fiona Fulton, Alex Jakeman, Helen Wilson

    Guest Director Max Baillie, Pekka Kuusisto, Abel Selaocoe

    Guitar Sean Shibe

    Harmonium Victor Lim

    Harp Céline Saout

    Harpsichord Harvey Davies, Mahan Esfahani

    Horn Ben Hulme

    Lighting Jasmine Hewitt, Lewis Howell

    Marketing Will Baldwin-Pask

    Movement Blackhaine

    Oboe Rachael Clegg

    Percussion Elsa Bradley, Joby Burgess, Sidiki Dembele, Sidike Dembele, Alexej Gerassimez, Poul Høxbro, Dudù Kouate, Yahael Onono, Harry Percy, Delia Stevens, Alan Taylor, Beibei Wang

    Photography César Vásquez Altamirano, Tom Arber, Gaëlle Beri, Brandina Chisambo, Jay Fisher, Camilla Greenwell, Charles Leek, Lucy McLachlan, Chris Payne, Phil Sharp, Mike Skelton

    Piano Katya Apekisheva, Junyan Chen, Jayson Gillham, Vijay Iyer, Richard Jones, Zubin Kanga, Fergus McCreadie, Simon Parkin, Siwan Rhys, Andy Stamatakis-Brown, Kathryn Stott, Adam Swayne, Fred Thomas, Katherine Tinker, Chad Vindin, Kerry Yong

    Pipes Poul Høxbro

    Presenter Elizabeth Alker, Tom Redmond

    Producer Martin Atkinson, Steph Clarke, Michael Dawson, Kate Green, Tom Lovatt

    Sound Lee Aston, Jamie Birkett, Tomoya Forster, Rob Kelledy, Jack Kirby, Victor Lim, Alex Miller, Joe Reiser, Rachel Rimmer, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Brendan Williams

    Trombone Tom Berry

    Trumpet Richard Blake

    Viola Christine Anderson, Kim Becker, India Blackshaw-Britton, Nick Bootiman, Lisa Bucknell, Meghan Cassidy, Hélène Clément, Scott Dickinson, Carol Ella, Ruth Gibson, Simone van der Giessen, Kimi Makino, Alex Mitchell, Lucy Nolan, Martin Schaefer, Kay Stephen, Luba Tunnicliffe, Alistair Vennart

    Viola da Gamba Kate Conway

    Violin Rosemary Attree, Julian Azkoul, Max Baillie, Gemma Bass, Zahra Benyounes, Zoë Beyers, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Fiona Brice, Helena Buckie, Ellie Consta, Hannah Dawson, Dylan Edge, Nathan Fenwick, Lyn Fletcher, Doriane Gable, Thomas Gould, Donald Grant, Jack Greed, Thelma Handy, Martyn Jackson, Venetia Jollands, Natalie Klouda, Pete Liang, Roman Lytwyniw, Jonathan Martindale, Will McGahon, Martha-Maria Mitu, Emily Nebel, Will Newell, Bridget O'Donnell, Caroline Pether, Tom Pigott-Smith, Steven Proctor, Magdalena Riedl, Julia Sandros-Alper, Marie Schreer, Sini Simonen, Rakhi Singh, Simmy Singh, Paula Smart, Jonathan Stone, Kate Suthers, Sophie Szabo, Darius Thompson, Eva Thorarinsdottir, Anna Tulchinskaya, Andra Vornicu, Lily Whitehurst, Sara Wolstenholme

    Voice Fleur Barron, Lotte Betts-Dean, Katie Bray, Hugh Cutting, Ruby Hughes, Declan Pleydell, Mitch Riley, SANSARA, Nichla Smith, Huw Thomas, Héloïse Werner, Alice Zawadzki

    Words Isabel Armitage, Mymona Bibi, Christ Bryan, Jess Coulson, Avery Dire, Ahisha Ghafoor, Lucy Holt, Vivien Holmes, Hugh Morris, David Pountney, Joe Ronan, Carina Simi, Nia Thomas

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